August 2018 Music
Silence Presents: Aidan Baker w/ Hymns57 & Modo Koagon August 17, 2018 Doors at 7:30 PMShow at 8:00 PM Tickets $15 at Eventbrite or at the door Aidan Baker Visiting all the way from Berlin, Germany, Aidan Baker is a classically-trained multi-instrumentalist using the electric guitar as his primary instrument. Using prepared and alternate methods of playing the guitar, along with various electronic effects, Baker creates music which generally falls within the ambient/experimental genre but draws on influences from rock, electronic, classical, and jazz. A highly prolific artist, Baker has released numerous recorded works, both solo and with various group projects, like Nadja, B/B/S/, and Caudal, on such independent labels as Gizeh Records, Pleasence Records, Important Records, Alien8 Recordings, and his own imprint, Broken Spine Productions. Baker is also the author of several books of poetry. A regular live performer, Baker has toured extensively around the world, including appearances at such international…
July 2018 Music
Pipedown! Presents: Eddyevvy wsg Bare Claws & Drunk at the Library July 28, 2018 Pipedown! Presents: Kill No Albatross, Jupiter Hollow & Mute Union July 27, 2018 Doors at 7:00 PMShow at 8:00 PMTickets at door $10/PWYC For Burlington-based rock band Kill No Albatross, their forthcoming EP “Speak True Evil” is a definitive statement. The record blends the accessibility of rock, the technicality of prog, and the energy of hardcore through intelligent songwriting, bold guitar work, and emotional intensity. KNA will be supporting the release with a Canadian summer tour run that includes a slot on the Vans Warped Tour. With support from local rockers Mute Union and Barrie-based progressive metal powerhouse Jupiter Hollow, this will be a wild, energetic night that you don’t want to miss. Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/events/429035797508243/ Links:Kill No AlbatrossMute Union Silence Presents: The Sam Kirmayer Trio w/ Jonathan Chapman & Ben Zweig July 26, 2018 Doors at 7:30…
June 2018 Music
PipeDown! Presents: RubēHill wsg Deanna Petcoff & Mount Mural June 30, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM Doors at 7:30 PMEvent at 8:00 PM Tickets $10 at the door Silence Presents: Audio Book with Charles Spearin & Tamara Williamson Doors at 7:30 PMEvent at 8:00 PM Come see Don Sawchuk, Dan Pharoah and Brock Holborn each playing their own tunes and covers as well! 3 acts for $15! Come on by and let music fill the silence of the night! Advanced tickets $15 at: danpharoah.com Come see Don Sawchuk, Dan Pharoah and Brock Holborn each playing their own tunes and covers as well! 3 acts for $15! Come on by and let music fill the silence of the night!
Scott Drew – Show of Hands
June 22 – July 21, 2018 Show of Hands A dozen or so paintings arising from Morning Music assemblies Mondays at Silence around about Winter Solstice 2017.Website: scottdrew.org
Pearl Van Geest – Caught in the Act with Ambient Soundscape by Terry Dame
‘Caught in the Act’ is inspired by the gestural actions of modernistic painting and a connection with the drama (and pathos) of theatre and performance. The action is set against deep black areas with shapes that suggest openings through which the action takes place. A stage is referenced through the sweep of curtain-like gestures framing the action, and the curled up canvas in some of the paintings is a kind of stage. The large gestures and drips are meant to give the painting a feeling of openness to continued manipulation and also to interpretation – more process than finality. Pearl likes to play with visual puns and while very serious on one hand, she also includes an awkward sense of humour in these paintings – some more than others. For this exhibition Terry Dame will compose an ambient soundscape in response to the themes and ideas, and the paintings. Silence invites…
May 2018 Music
The Young Novelists May 31, 2018 The Young Novelists are a Toronto-based band fronted by husband and wife Graydon James and Laura Spink. Since the band’s inception in 2009, they have played stages across the U.S. and Canada, released three full-length albums, won numerous awards and continuous praise for their unmatched, effortless harmonies. Their last record “made us strangers” landed them a Canadian Folk Music Award for New/Emerging Artist, a nomination for Vocal Group of the Year, and reached top 20 on both !earshot and Stingray Music (formerly Galaxie) folk charts. With a sound that has been compared to everyone from The Band to ‘pre-weirdness’ Wilco, the band’s personal mission is to create sad songs for happy people — whether that means a nostalgic ballad or an upbeat anthem, The Young Novelists’ ability to tell familiar stories with a modern folk edge make them, and their songs, instant classics. Read…
The Crossings Project in Guelph includes street parade
May 22, 2018 – Guelph Mercury Tribune A street parade is part of The Crossings Project music event this weekend in Guelph. Silence, in collaboration with the Guelph Black Heritage Society (GBHS) and the Art Gallery of Guelph (AGG), is presenting The Crossings Project – Exile, Exodus, and Transformation on May 26, from 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. The event begins at Silence (46 Essex St.) and ends at Heritage Hall (83 Essex St.), with a street parade in between. Read more here.
Sona J. Mincoff
May 25 – June 14, 2018 Sona is a visual artist based in Guelph, Ontario, Canada exhibiting work for the past thirty years. Her self-taught technique is expressed through the media of oil paint and dry pastels. She has a keen interest in spiritual and visionary encounters with landscape and aims to reveal the mystery of the land. Sona has had solo and collaborative exhibitions from 1984 to the present in Guelph at Renaan Isaacs Contemporary Art Gallery, Ed Video Media Arts Centre, The Kloepfer Gallery, in addition to the Flesherton Art Gallery and Elizabeth’s Art Gallery in Goderich. She has also been an artist in residence in Alkmaar, Netherlands (2007) as well as in Guelph (2002), and has been funded by the Ontario Arts Council (2012, 2013, 2016). Sona’s aim is to further explore a way to find the underlying beauty in the seemingly mundane world and to develop a…
Silence, Heritage Hall join forces for The Crossings Project
May 7, 2018 – Guelph Today Silence: Guelph’s portal for adventurous new sound events, in collaboration with the Guelph Black Heritage Society (GBHS) and the Art Gallery of Guelph (AGG), presents The Crossings Project – Exile, Exodus, and Transformation on May 26, 7-10:30 p.m., beginning at Silence and ending at Heritage Hall, with a street parade between the two venues. Read more here.
Area youth to be part of first-ever experiential music program
May 2, 2018 – Guelph Today Youth in the Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) will have an incredible opportunity to be among the first students to experience a new program launching this summer. The experiential program, The Art and Science of Experiencing Music, was developed by Guelph CVI math and physics teacher Chandra Boon. The purpose of the course is for students to delve into the experience of music by designing and building a device that makes sound. Read the full article here.